Who owns Bigen?
Bigen is owned by Hoyu (Japan).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Hoyu Co., Ltd. company outline and history. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Hoyu Co., Ltd. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Nagoya
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Founded
- 1957
- Category
- Personal care & beauty › Hair care › Hair colour & styling
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Bigen
Bigen is Hoyu's hair colour brand for covering gray hair. Hoyu's history records the first Bigen, a powder-type hair dye, in 1957, followed by Bigen Hair Color in 1971 and Bigen Cream Tone in 1984. The company's consumer products page calls it a long-selling brand for people who want to cover gray hair completely, and sells it as a quasi-drug and cosmetic.
Ownership timeline of Bigen
Where Bigen sits in Hoyu
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Hoyu
Hoyu controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in personal care & beauty.
Also in personal care & beauty
- Beauteen (1990)
- Beautylabo (1995)
- CIELO (1997)
- Men's Bigen (1987)
- PROMASTER (1998)
Other brands in hair colour & styling, and who owns them
Hoyu has more brands in hair colour & styling on Brandtree than any other owner: 6 of 29.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Elujuda | Milbon | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| got2b | Henkel | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Samantha | Kino Indonesia | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| ghd | KKR | 🇺🇸 United States |
| L'Oréal Paris | L'Oréal | 🇫🇷 France |
| Revlon ColorSilk | Revlon | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Clairol | Coty | 🇺🇸 United States |
| ALCINA | Dr. Wolff Group | 🇩🇪 Germany |
About the owner: Hoyu
Hoyu is a privately held company headquartered in Nagoya, Japan, founded in 1905. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control.
Hoyu is a Nagoya-based Japanese maker of hair colour, hair care and home medical supplies. Its company outline gives 1905 as its foundation and March 1923 as the date it was established, and its history says it released its first hair dye in 1909. The history also records Hoyu acquiring 60% of the Kracie Group in 2009 and the remaining 40% in 2012; a footnote notes that the Kracie Holdings shares were later distributed to a holding company, Hoyu Holdings.
🇯🇵 Bigen and other Japanese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 437 brands that began in Japan. 21 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Bigen is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Bigen?
The parent company of Bigen is Hoyu, a privately held company headquartered in Japan.
Is Bigen Japanese?
Yes. Bigen originated in Japan in 1957 and its owner, Hoyu, is also headquartered in Japan.
Is Bigen still owned by Hoyu?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Bigen is still owned by Hoyu. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Hoyu Co., Ltd. company outline and history — Hoyu Co., Ltd., Official document; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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